Fox Chase Cancer Center News

Fox Chase Takes Part in the Second Annual Joint Initiative to Screen Veterans at Risk for Lung Cancer

PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 13, 2013)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is partnering with the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) and Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) on the second annual joint initiative to educate America’s veterans on their individual risk of developing lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths, and the life-saving benefits of early detection using low-dose CT scans.

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Drug Trial for Blood Cancers Shows Great Promise

PHILADELPHIA (November 04, 2013) Prior work in the research laboratory of Jean-Pierre Issa, MD, Director of Temple's Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, showed that the activity of SGI-110 could be directly related to its ability to correct these bookmarks in DNA. Temple is the only local hospital participating in this trial and has enrolled the second-highest number of patients in the country. 

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Yanis Boumber Joins Fox Chase’s Department of Medical Oncology

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 25, 2013)—Yanis Boumber, MD, PhD, has joined the department of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center after completing fellowship training at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Boumber specializes in treating patients with thoracic cancers, including lung cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.

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Fox Chase Study Uncovers Secrets Behind the Process of Some Cancers

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 24, 2013)—Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered new clues about how some genes are turned on and off inside a cell—a process that, when it goes awry, can lead to cancer. The new findings appear online in the October 24, 2013 edition of the journal Cell Reports.

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Charu Sharma Joins Fox Chase’s Department of Radiation Oncology

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 25, 2013)—Charu Sharma, MD, MS, has joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center. She sees patients at Virtua Fox Chase Cancer Center Radiation Oncology in Washington Township, N.J.—a member of the Fox Chase Cancer Center Partners program—providing community-based radiation therapy in a general practice setting.

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Bucks County Chapter of Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Board of Associates to Host George Bramhall Memorial Art Exhibition and Sale

NEW HOPE, PA (October 10, 2013)—The Bucks County Chapter of Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Board of Associates will host the 17th Annual George Bramhall Memorial Art Exhibition and Sale—featuring works by more than 25 of the region’s finest artists—on Sunday, November 24 from 12:00-5:00 p.m. at the Eagle Fire Hall (46 N Sugan Road in New Hope, PA). A percentage of the proceeds from the event will benefit research at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

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